1771 - 1833
Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Trevithick has received more than 985,703 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Richard Trevithick is the 44th most popular inventor (up from 45th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 300th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Inventor.
Richard Trevithick is most famous for inventing the first steam-powered locomotive, which was the first machine to move on rails.
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Among inventors, Richard Trevithick ranks 44 out of 354. Before him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Konrad Zuse, Herman Hollerith, Nicolas Appert, Igor Sikorsky, and Adolphe Sax. After him are Charles Goodyear, Karl Drais, John Herschel, William G. Morgan, Willis Carrier, and Hans Lippershey.
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 38
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 40
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 41
1889 - 1972
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 42
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 43
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 44
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 45
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 46
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 47
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 48
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 49
1570 - 1619
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1771, Richard Trevithick ranks 4. Before him are Walter Scott, Robert Owen, and Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. After him are Emperor Kōkaku, Antoine-Jean Gros, Julie Clary, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Alois Senefelder, and Jean-Andoche Junot. Among people deceased in 1833, Richard Trevithick ranks 4. Before him are Nicéphore Niépce, Kaspar Hauser, and Ferdinand VII of Spain. After him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Marie-Antoine Carême, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh Glass, William Wilberforce, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.
1771 - 1832
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 1
1771 - 1858
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1771 - 1847
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 3
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 4
1771 - 1840
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 5
1771 - 1835
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 6
1771 - 1845
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 7
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 8
1771 - 1820
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 9
1771 - 1843
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 10
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 11
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 12
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 1
1812 - 1833
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 2
1784 - 1833
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 3
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 4
1752 - 1833
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 5
1754 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 6
1784 - 1833
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 8
1783 - 1833
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 9
1759 - 1833
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 10
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 11
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Trevithick ranks 303 out of 7,765. Before him are David Suchet (1946), Thomas Becket (1119), Richard Cromwell (1626), Frederick Sanger (1918), William Henry Bragg (1862), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955). After him are Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Peter Ustinov (1921), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Halford Mackinder (1861), Æthelred the Unready (968), and Patrick Stewart (1940).
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 297
1119 - 1170
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 298
1626 - 1712
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 299
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 300
1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 301
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 302
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 303
1885 - 1969
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 304
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 305
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 306
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 307
968 - 1016
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 308
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 309
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Richard Trevithick ranks 7. Before him are James Watt (1736), Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Charles Babbage (1791), George Stephenson (1781), John Logie Baird (1888), and Thomas Newcomen (1663). After him are John Herschel (1792), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Frank Whittle (1907), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Thomas Savery (1650), and Richard Arkwright (1732).
1736 - 1819
HPI: 86.42
Rank: 1
1847 - 1922
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 2
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 3
1781 - 1848
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 4
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 6
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 7
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 8
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 9
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 10
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 11
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 12
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 13